DS has what I would consider poor eye contact but I was told by multiple people that he is not on the spectrum. He has good eye contact when other people are speaking to him, but when he is speaking he is looking all over the place. I think part of his issue is that he is visualizing whatever he is talking about. So if he is telling me about the Crimean War he is probably visualizing the map in his head. He has told me that he recalls things by seeing images.
I am also very uncomfortable with eye contact myself. I have to force myself to look at people when I am talking.
